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Exclusive: Experts urge Commonwealth action on human rights

By pearlaction | October 1, 2011 |

[Reuters] A confidential experts’ report to Commonwealth heads of government, obtained by Reuters, called for wide-ranging reforms that it said are essential if the organization is to make a real difference to improving the lives of its people. [Full Story]

Sri Lankan conflict due to ‘repressive’ govts: Canada

By pearlaction | March 6, 2009 |

[AFP] The 37-year conflict raging in Sri Lanka was borne out of “repressive” governments in Colombo, Canadian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said Thursday. “I am sure all Canadians share the government’s revulsion at the continuing humanitarian catastrophe in Sri Lanka, a civil conflict born of a succession of repressive Sri Lankan governments, which…